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<blockquote data-quote="BlackLightning998" data-source="post: 2857" data-attributes="member: 109"><p><strong>We'll have to wait and see.....</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi Graham,</p><p></p><p>That rolling chassis at H&H went for a lot more money.</p><p></p><p>And we know there are some unscrupulous people doing funny things with numbers so there must be a market somewhere outside the VOC for a built up bike of questionable provenance.</p><p></p><p>Usually ebay is a useful benchmark, unless someone is being naughty or a high reserve attracts 1 bid you need two bidders to end up at a sale price, so possibly two of them could sell at that price.</p><p></p><p>The challenge is that without looking at it you just don't know what is serviceable and what is not, once it's home you may end up spending a similar amount again having the parts refurbished or buying the bits you need to put it back together again.</p><p></p><p>But it shows there are still lots of them about, I was only reading again this weekend the story of Terry Prince making trips from Switzerland to the UK in the 1960's buying up second hand Vincents which were used as donor engines for Egli bikes - so there must have been a lot of chassis parts knocking around.</p><p></p><p>I've tried getting numbers off people like this before for the Club to keep a track of parts and ensure they are not stolen - but a lot of the ebayers are not willing to give out the numbers.</p><p></p><p>Stuart</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BlackLightning998, post: 2857, member: 109"] [b]We'll have to wait and see.....[/b] Hi Graham, That rolling chassis at H&H went for a lot more money. And we know there are some unscrupulous people doing funny things with numbers so there must be a market somewhere outside the VOC for a built up bike of questionable provenance. Usually ebay is a useful benchmark, unless someone is being naughty or a high reserve attracts 1 bid you need two bidders to end up at a sale price, so possibly two of them could sell at that price. The challenge is that without looking at it you just don't know what is serviceable and what is not, once it's home you may end up spending a similar amount again having the parts refurbished or buying the bits you need to put it back together again. But it shows there are still lots of them about, I was only reading again this weekend the story of Terry Prince making trips from Switzerland to the UK in the 1960's buying up second hand Vincents which were used as donor engines for Egli bikes - so there must have been a lot of chassis parts knocking around. I've tried getting numbers off people like this before for the Club to keep a track of parts and ensure they are not stolen - but a lot of the ebayers are not willing to give out the numbers. Stuart [/QUOTE]
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